About ERS

The Challenge

Every school. Every child. Ready for tomorrow.

Some schools beat the odds by “doing school” in new ways. But for every school and every child to thrive, we need to change the odds with strategic systems. Restructuring resources makes this transformation possible.

For example, ERS helps districts restructure resources and create the conditions that enable schools to shift from a one-size-fits-all learning environment with rigid schedules and class sizes to one where roles, teams and schedules are structured to enable personalized time and attention, teacher collaboration and professional learning. Or, instead of a teaching job that is isolated with limited opportunities for growth or teaming, and career and compensation paths unconnected to performance or contribution, ERS helps district and school leaders create systems to hire and assign great teachers to all schools and develop them throughout their careers.

“This is about more than just, 'Can we get a score up to get somebody off of our backs?’ This is about who will live, who will die. This is about who will be able to fulfill all that they are called to. This work is about building a generation.”

Sonja Santelises

Baltimore City Public Schools Superintendent in her 2016 ‘State of the School’ speech [ERS partner district]